cruisin wrote:
Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you
she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot!
Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities.

An engine would be nice. Do you have a genset? A good autopilot makes
a lot of difference, sounds like your Admiral has her priorities
pretty straight.


What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane
self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing
never really worked yet.

How much wind & what points of sail have you tried it in? Wind vane
self-steerers can be tough to get dialed in and some will simply not
generate enough force on the helm to hold on some points of sail.



The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses
too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like
cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this
tub by hand for 3000+ miles. The company is out of business, so
getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant-
breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it
decides it wasn't really broken.

Both fridge & autpilot technology have made big improvements in the
last 10 years. Also you might consider just adding more insulation to
your fridge box. An easy and cheap upgrade that all fridges could
benefit from.



This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the
pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel.

Yeah, I can see you got it rough! Well we are in a pretty nice place
right now, not a luxury resort though. And it will never get as
overdeveloped as Tahiti


Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar
bucket.


Nah, you had it good with your Ranger 23. Now if you'd sailed *that*
to Tahiti you'd be a legend!

Glad to hear that you all completed a safe passage and are having a
good time.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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oups.com...
Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are
actually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another myth.
Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings for a new
exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects, mostly small but
requiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city, all right.
Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those interested.


Fumbling along living the dream,

Mike and Barb
s/y Arabella
http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm

Next winter when I'm stuck in the middle of a Midwestern winter, I'll think
about you stuck in Tahiti and then I'll feel a whole lot better.

I think . . .

Max

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.comcruisin
wrote:

Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people
areactually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another myth.
Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings for a new
exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects, mostly small
butrequiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city, all right.
Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those interested.


Fumbling along living the dream,

Sounds terrible, my heart bleeds for you :-)

How much water does your boat draw, enquiring minds want to know. I'm
back on the boat looking trail, happens every year when the frosts
start and I think of warmer parts. Next year is looking good to be
somewhere else...
When you get to Oz, drop me a line.

PDW

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You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo

On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
In article
.comcruisin

wrote:
Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people
areactually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another myth.
Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings for a new
exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects, mostly small
butrequiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city, all right.
Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those interested.

Fumbling along living the dream,

Sounds terrible, my heart bleeds for you :-)

How much water does your boat draw, enquiring minds want to know. I'm
back on the boat looking trail, happens every year when the frosts
start and I think of warmer parts. Next year is looking good to be
somewhere else...
When you get to Oz, drop me a line.

PDW

--
I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo

Arabella draws just 5.5 feet, or roughly 1.676 meters. Skeg hung
rudder, a good Aussie Autostream 3 blade adjustable-pitch self
feathering prop,,,uh yeah, about 5.5 feet.
Was heading for New Zealand but If I get too far west I just may come
to Oz this year, Otherwise next for sure.
The boat just might be for sale ;0)

Mike

In article
.comcruisin
wrote:

On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
In article
.comcruisin

wrote:
Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people
areactually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another
myth. Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings
for a new exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects,
mostly small butrequiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city,
all right. Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those
interested.
Fumbling along living the dream,

Sounds terrible, my heart bleeds for you :-)

How much water does your boat draw, enquiring minds want to know.
I'm back on the boat looking trail, happens every year when the
frosts start and I think of warmer parts. Next year is looking good
to be somewhere else...
When you get to Oz, drop me a line.

PDW

--
I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo

Arabella draws just 5.5 feet, or roughly 1.676 meters. Skeg hung
rudder, a good Aussie Autostream 3 blade adjustable-pitch
selffeathering prop,,,uh yeah, about 5.5 feet.
Was heading for New Zealand but If I get too far west I just may
cometo Oz this year, Otherwise next for sure.
The boat just might be for sale ;0)

FWIW, with the Aus-USA Free Trade Agreement, boats made in the USA and
sold in Aus don't attract import duty any more. GST of 10% still
appliestho.

I've been looking at a local boat that draws a bit over 6', decided
it's too much for my planned requirement. Plenty boats around tho.

Tasmania is a nice place but well off the usual cruising boat run.
Lots of good places to see on the east coast & where I live south of
Hobart. Cool in winter, tho.

PDW

--
I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo

On Jun 18, 9:55 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
In article
.comcruisin





wrote:
On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
In article
.comcruisin

wrote:
Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people
areactually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another
myth. Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings
for a new exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects,
mostly small butrequiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city,
all right. Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those
interested.
Fumbling along living the dream,

Sounds terrible, my heart bleeds for you :-)

How much water does your boat draw, enquiring minds want to know.
I'm back on the boat looking trail, happens every year when the
frosts start and I think of warmer parts. Next year is looking good
to be somewhere else...
When you get to Oz, drop me a line.

PDW

--
I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X.
You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
Arabella draws just 5.5 feet, or roughly 1.676 meters. Skeg hung
rudder, a good Aussie Autostream 3 blade adjustable-pitch
selffeathering prop,,,uh yeah, about 5.5 feet.
Was heading for New Zealand but If I get too far west I just may
cometo Oz this year, Otherwise next for sure.
The boat just might be for sale ;0)

FWIW, with the Aus-USA Free Trade Agreement, boats made in the USA and
sold in Aus don't attract import duty any more. GST of 10% still
appliestho.

I've been looking at a local boat that draws a bit over 6', decided
it's too much for my planned requirement. Plenty boats around tho.

Tasmania is a nice place but well off the usual cruising boat run.
Lots of good places to see on the east coast & where I live south of
Hobart. Cool in winter, tho.

PDW

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We'll see what happens when we get to Oz, Peter, but it might be fun
to sail south and visit you, then see if we can find Murry Lakes and
search for the famous Tadpole they have there. I imagine the weather
down that way is a bit dicey even in your summer, though?
Don't know if we'll really want to part with our beloved boat, but if
the price were right anything could be possible. I think that is Plan
C about now, after continuing "around" or shipping the boat back.
Don't really fancy sailing uphill across the Pacific that much, and
going up to Japan and heading west doesn't sound that fun either.

Mike